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Eat, Pray, Love is not the first book of its kind, but it is a perfect example of the genre of priv-lit: literature or media whose expressed goal is one of spiritual, existential, or philosophical enlightenment contingent upon women's hard work, commitment, and patience, but whose actual barriers to entry are primarily financial.
Disgrasian: Eat, Pray, Merch: You Can Buy Happiness, After All 2010
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Boiled down to its essence, all the "priv-lit" is about empowerment through narcissism.
Pajiba 2010
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a great piece a few months back about "priv-lit" - the phenomenon of women (it truly is predominately women) attempting to "find themselves" and attain spirituality through trendy and often very costly means.
Pajiba 2010
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